Jesse Jackson Jr. through the years

CaptionJesse Jackson Jr. leaves halfway house

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Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. waves to reporters as he leaves a halfway house in Baltimore on June 22, 2015. He's been living at the halfway house since his release from a federal prison in Alabama in March. He was convicted in 2013 of misuse of campaign funds.

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. waves to reporters as he leaves a halfway house in Baltimore on June 22, 2015. He's been living at the halfway house since his release from a federal prison in Alabama in March. He was convicted in 2013 of misuse of campaign funds.

Jesse Jackson Jr. was elected to Congress in 1995. Sandi Jackson was a Chicago alderman until she resigned her post in January 2013. On Feb. 15, 2013, federal prosecutors charged the couple, alleging he misused $750,000 in campaign funds and she understated their income on tax returns for six years.